Celebrity Street Artists Present Heineken Murals All Over Town

Heineken Mural In Progress - Aniekan
Aniekan (from DC)
713 S St NW Washington, D.C. 20001

It’s called The Mural Project, and earlier this month, it brought four talented artists from across the globe together in DC to share a beer… and be bold.

Heineken sponsored this handful of bi-cultural artists to create original large-scale murals (inspired by Heineken’s “Open Your World” message) that will be on view in DC indefinitely.

The only DC-based artist, Aniekan (mural at left), for example, felt inspired by the city’s own Marvin Gaye and how he opened his world through music and travel.

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Brendan Tierney (from Virginia)
1110 Congress St. NE Washington D.C. 2002

Artists like these, including EVER and Rubin who have murals all over the globe, don’t usually collaborate on city-wide artistic missions as a collective, but DC’s Mural Project was a special initiative – one of three cities selected for the project by Heineken as a testament to the city’s growing street art scene.

Heineken Mural In Progress - Rubin
Rubin (from Brooklyn)
819 6th St. NE, Washington, D.C. 20002

Each mural also has a QR code, which pedestrians can scan to learn more about the artists and artwork, making the effort a first-of-its-kind walking gallery.


Lead image by EVER (from Argentina)
301 I St NW, Washington, D.C. 20001